MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 13, 2026
Portrait of Esteury Ruiz
Esteury Ruiz
MIA · RF
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Portrait of Jake McCarthy
Jake McCarthy
COL · CF
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
HR
R
RBI
SB
AVG

Esteury Ruiz wins 2 (R, SB); Jake McCarthy wins 2 (RBI, AVG); 1 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Avg Exit Velolg 89.0 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
85.8
Jake McCarthy
84.9
Hard-Hit %lg 40.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
28.6%
Jake McCarthy
25.8%
Barrel %lg 8.0% · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
7.9%
Jake McCarthy
5.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
30.7%
Jake McCarthy
35.2%
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · lower = better
Esteury Ruiz
14.6%
Jake McCarthy
12.6%
xwOBAlg .315 · higher = better
Esteury Ruiz
.324
Jake McCarthy
.312
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · batting average
AVGhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .178
.186
Jake McCarthy
.200.330
lg AVG .295
now .288
.254

Volume · counting stats
Home Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
55.20
now 2
2
Jake McCarthy
55.20
now 4
2
Runshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2037.60
now 11
30
Jake McCarthy
2037.60
now 20
22
RBIhigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2037.20
now 5
14
Jake McCarthy
2037.20
now 25
28
Stolen Baseshigher is better
Esteury Ruiz
2.4027.60
now 8
22
Jake McCarthy
2.4027.60
now 10
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeEsteury Ruiz — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJake McCarthy — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.78
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